Artificial Intelligence in Virtual Design and Construction (VDC): Present Status, Opportunities and Future Challenges
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 September 2025 | Viewed by 1744
Special Issue Editors
Interests: artificial intelligence; robotics; computer vision; construction engineering and management; BIM/VDC; affordable housing; smart city
Interests: GIS; disasters; transportation; public health; sustainability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to collect high-quality review papers from the fields of Virtual Design and Construction research and practices. We encourage researchers from the fields of Construction Science, Technology, Engineering, and Management to contribute review papers that highlight the latest developments in their research field, or to invite relevant experts and colleagues to do so. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technologies
- Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Reinforcement Learning;
- Computer Vision;
- NLP (Natural Language Processing);
- Robotics and Unmanned Vehicles;
- Generative AI.
Innovations in Virtual Design and Construction (VDC)
- AI in Advancing Construction Surveying and Measurements;
- AI in Improving Quality of Designs;
- AI in Virtual Design and Construction;
- AI in Advancing Estimating, Scheduling and Control;
- AI in Creating a Safer Jobsite;
- AI in Assessing and Reducing Risk;
- AI in Increasing the Project’s Lifespan;
- AI in Powerful Everyday Automation;
- AI in Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction.
Leveraging AI and VDC for Resilience
- AI in Boosting Disaster Response and Recovery;
- AI in Smart City and Communities;
- AI in Affordable Housing;
- AI in Built Environment Assessment;
- AI in Enhanced Decision-Making;
- AI in Connected Transportation and Smart Infrastructure;
- AI in Construction Materials Research;
- AI in Finite Element Analysis and Numerical Simulation.
AI Equity: Ensuring Access to AI for All
- AI in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Education;
- AI in Changing the Field of Workforce Development;
- AI Data Equity;
- AI Ethics.
Dr. Yuhan Jiang
Dr. Dapeng Li
Dr. Qingwei Shi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence (AI) technologies
- innovations in virtual design and construction (VDC)
- leveraging AI and VDC for resilience
- AI equity: ensuring access to AI for all
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